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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Bender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentin Lluca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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213 lbs
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224 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Bender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valentin Lluca!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bender dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lluca. That did some damage!
We've been informed that Lluca has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lluca shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bender as he avoids it easily.
Bender seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bender connects with a right hand. Lluca shakes it off.
Lluca checks a leg kick nicely.
Bender lands a nice shot that snaps Lluca's head back.
Blake Bender seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lluca on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bender tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lluca was well out of range. Poor timing from Bender.
Bender is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lluca.
Bender just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bender lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lluca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bender scores with a nice right hand.
Bender scores with a jab. Lluca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bender.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lluca takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lluca closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bender scores with a nice strike.
Bender displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lluca.
Lluca closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bender fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lluca checks it well.
Bender scores with a shot to the body.
Lluca avoids the body shot from Bender.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bender works the jab nicely.
Bender fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bender connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lluca's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bender moves in looking to clinch but Lluca pushes him off.
Lluca throws a hook but Bender blocks it.
Bender moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bender throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lluca on the side of the head.
Bender scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lluca doesn't seem bothered though.
Bender works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bender bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lluca's head backwards.
Lluca is rocked!
Bender is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lluca leaves his chin hanging out and Bender seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Lluca crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blake Bender!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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